Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is pictured eating an IGUANA at an Explorers Club dinner that also had tarantula and cockroaches on the menu

Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has been pictured eating roasted iguana at an exclusive New York dinner event attended by some of the world's richest entrepreneurs.
The bizarre appetisers were served up alongside exotic dishes including python, tarantula and cockroaches at this year's Explorers Club Annual Dinner.
Dishes were specially selected to raise awareness of how members can help take pressure off animals threatened by invasive species, an attendee told MailOnline.
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